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White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 05:39:24 GMT

Welcome to

There are two White Room Quizzes each week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday.

Today`s WRQ is 8 questions, with 2 questions on each of these categories:

GEOGRAPHY NATURE MUSIC MOVIES

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

Those wishing to take part must pm me - @Mi-Amigo - their answers between 12 noon today [Wed] and

03.00am Friday morning.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @Oxonian @Dave-O2

and any member, who has taken part in the past or has never taken part, and any new members will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

TODAY`S EIGHT QUESTIONS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the highest mountain in Germany ?

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the common name of the only poisonous primate - with Indonesian name meaning

"shy one" ?

Q3 MUSIC 1 - The "Anvil Chorus" features in which 1853 Verdi opera ?

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1955 movie "East Of Eden" what is the first name of character played by James Dean ?

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the second largest lake in New Zealand ?

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the name of the only species of seal which stays in Antarctica for the whole year ?

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of the song by Captain Sensible which was a cover of a song from South

Pacific which reached No 1 in UK Singles chart in 1982 ?

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2010 movie "How To Train Your Dragon" what was the name of the dragon befriended

by Hiccup ?

The White Room Quiz is open to all members of the Community.

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 12 noon today [Wed 14 May 2025] and before 03.00am Fri 16 May 2025.

Please do not post your answers on the thread.

The answers - and results for each player taking part - will be posted on Fri 16 May 2025.

Each member will be awarded for each correct answer. In addition, Thinkers will be awarded as follows

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me Mi-Amigo after 12 noon today [Wed 14 May

2025] and before 03.00am on Fri 16 May 2025.

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 03.00am on Fri 16 May 2025 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers.

The White Room Quiz is open to all members.

New members, who have recently joined the Community, and members who have not taken part before, are welcome to join the "regulars" with this week`s quiz.

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

I hope everyone likes the questions in today`s White Room Quiz, and finds this WRQ fun.

Good luck, everyone.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

TallTrees — Wed, 14 May 2025 06:03:13 GMT

May know 1 or 2

Not good at movies

Will send in some considered guesses later 🤔 😂

Bye for now @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 07:42:27 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

Look forward to pm with your answers later

Good luck.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

jonsie — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:09:22 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Cleoriff — Wed, 14 May 2025 11:28:59 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 15:14:20 GMT

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

TallTrees — Wed, 14 May 2025 17:37:11 GMT

Answers in @Mi-Amigo

Not my quiz 😕

Sorry bye for now

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 17:40:20 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

Sorry this is "not your quiz"

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

gmarkj — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:39:59 GMT

I think you've got me with these @Mi-Amigo !

PM on the way

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:47:51 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Oxonian — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:53:32 GMT

My entry awaits your perusal @Mi-Amigo ; those were hard ! 👍

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

pgn — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:56:24 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 14 May 2025 19:14:19 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 16 May 2025 04:55:43 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 GEOGRAPHY 1 - What is the name of the highest mountain in Germany ?

A1 Zugspitz

Q2 NATURE 1 - What is the common name of the only poisonous primate - with Indonesian name meaning

"shy one" ?

A2 slow loris

Q3 MUSIC 1 - The "Anvil Chorus" features in which 1853 Verdi opera ?

A3 Il Trovatore

Q4 MOVIES 1 - In 1955 movie "East Of Eden" what is the first name of character played by James Dean ?

A4 Cal [or Caleb]

Q5 GEOGRAPHY 2 - What is the name of the second largest lake in New Zealand ?

A5 Te Anau

Q6 NATURE 2 - What is the name of the only species of seal which stays in Antarctica for the whole year ?

A6 On receiving pms with answers, I checked reputable sources and there are two not one species of seal

that stays in Antarctica for the whole year - crabeater seal and Wendell seal, so I`ll accept either as

correct answer

Q7 MUSIC 2 - What was the title of the song by Captain Sensible which was a cover of a song from South

Pacific which reached No 1 in UK Singles chart in 1982 ?

A7 Happy Talk

Q8 MOVIES 2 - In 2010 movie "How To Train Your Dragon" what was the name of the dragon befriended

by Hiccup ?

A8 Toothless

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 16 May 2025 05:08:57 GMT

THE RESULTS

@jonsie

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@MI5

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

@TallTrees

Q1 pass Q2 pass Q3 pass Q4 pass .

Q5 pass Q6 leopard seal - incorrect Q7 correct Q8 pass .

Total - 1 star for 1 correct

@gmarkj

Q1 Bob - incorrect Q2 correct Q3 pass Q4 LukasB - incorrect .

Q5 pass Q6 correct Q7 pass Q8 correct .

Total - 3 stars for 3 correct

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 pass Q3 correct Q4 Colin - incorrect .

Q5 correct Q6 pass Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 5 correct answers

Red Thinker

@pgn

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct .

Q5 correct Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct .

plus for 8 correct answers also awarded

Silver Thinker

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 16 May 2025 05:13:13 GMT

AWARDS

Silver Thinker = 8 correct - @jonsie @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5

Red Thinker + star = 5 correct - @Oxonian

3 stars = 3 correct - @gmarkj

1 star = 1 correct - @TallTrees

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SILVER THINKERS - @jonsie @pgn @Cleoriff @MI5

Well done

@Oxonian - Red Thinker + star

@gmarkj - 3 stars

@TallTrees - 1 star

Everyone taking part was awarded at least 1 star .

Thank you everyone for taking part and making the WRQ fun.

I hope everyone enjoyed the quiz and will join in Monday`s WRQ which will be 8 questions with two questions on these categories

PEOPLE PLACES SPORT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

pgn — Fri, 16 May 2025 05:30:24 GMT

Quite a spread of scores today - nice to see q8 was mostly answered correctly 🐉, and Happy Talk got a showing too 😄 - good show all for trying, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

TallTrees — Fri, 16 May 2025 06:10:31 GMT

Good morning @Mi-Amigo

Glad to have one 🌟 for those questions 😂

Thanks for the quiz and well done all

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

MI5 — Fri, 16 May 2025 06:40:22 GMT

Thanks @Mi-Amigo

Well done all.

Re: White Room Quiz Wed 14 May 2025

Cleoriff — Fri, 16 May 2025 06:45:49 GMT

Well done everyone. As always, thanks to @Mi-Amigo xx